My recent Cities Geeklist Contest had a Bonus Contest which required entrants to identify boardgames that contain the City of Essen on either the game board or other game component. As promised at the end of the contest, here is the list of boardgames that I accepted as correct answers for the contest. These are the games that I was able to confirm contain Essen with a picture from the BGG site; I have included these pictures in each geeklist item.

This list is not as long as I originally thought it would be. Several games include cites around Essen (Köln, Düsseldorf, Dortmund) instead of Essen or identify this cluster of cites by the regional name of the Ruhr. However, I am sure I have still missed some additional games that contain Essen—feel free to include these games to the list. If you are really ambitious, you can upload a picture showing Essen in the game (if it is not already on the site). Geekgold tips will be given for all additional games that are added!

A big thanks to contest entrants Desmodus, Salish99, Hilkman, and Shaun L, who all found games containing Essen that I had not previously located.